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What to know about ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Florida's immigration detention site in the Everglades

By KATE PAYNE
Jun 24, 2025 2:51 pm - An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from being operational, federal officials said Tuesday.
NATO chief praises Trump for making Europe 'pay in a BIG way' on defense ahead of a key summit

By MOLLY QUELL, LORNE COOK and MIKE CORDER
Jun 24, 2025 10:46 am - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump for making Europe “pay in a BIG way,” as allied leaders gathered in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a historic summit that could unite them around a new defense spending pledge or widen divisions among the 32 member countries.
Netanyahu says he held off on tougher strike against Iran after speaking to Trump

By SAM MEDNICK, JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN
Jun 24, 2025 7:43 am - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he held off on tougher strike against Iran after speaking to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Ceasefire in Iran-Israel war? Trump says Iran to halt its fire if Israel stops its strikes

By DAVID RISING, JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN
Jun 23, 2025 9:41 pm - U.S. President Donald Trump said that Israel and Iran have agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. m...
Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Jun 23, 2025 3:14 pm - An intense and nearly historic weather pattern is cooking much of America under a dangerous heat dome this week with triple-digit temperatures in places that haven’t been this hot in more than a decade.
Trump wants oil producers to pump more crude amid jitters that Iran may close critical shipping lane

By AAMER MADHANI
Jun 23, 2025 3:02 pm - President Donald Trump on Monday called for the U.S. and other oil-producing economies to pump more oil as crude prices remain volatile following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Federal Reserve’s Bowman says rate cut should be on table in July

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jun 23, 2025 2:44 pm - Federal Reserve governor Michelle Bowman on Monday said the central bank should consider cutting its key interest rate as soon as its next meeting in July, underscoring deep divisions among Fed officials as they endure sharp criticism from the White House.
May home sales barely move as high mortgage rates, prices, weigh on housing market

By ALEX VEIGA
Jun 23, 2025 10:18 am - Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes edged higher in May, as stubbornly high mortgage rates and rising prices made homebuying less affordable even as the inventory of properties on the market continued to increase.
GOP tax bill would ease regulations on gun silencers and some rifles and shotguns

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jun 23, 2025 8:56 am - The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns, advancing a longtime priority of the gun industry as Republican leaders in the House and Senate try to win enough votes to pass the bill.
Eastern half of U.S. sweltering again, with dangerous heat wave expected to last until midweek

By TODD RICHMOND
Jun 22, 2025 4:30 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tens of millions of people across the Midwest and East endured dangerously hot temperatures again on Sunday as a rare June heat wave that gripped muc...

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